Veneer-package equalizer.



Patented Jan. I, I90l.

' 0. cnuson'ue, VENEER PACKAGE EQUALIZER;

(Applicat ion filed Sept. 22, 1900.,'

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Patented Jan. I, 1901.

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VENEER PACKAGE EQUALIZEB.

(Application filed Sept, 22, 1900.

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oLIvER coLRoRN-E, on CHICAGO,--ILLINOIS, AssieN oR TO THE TOMLINSONVENEER BARREL COMPANY, on INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

VENEER-PACKAGE EQUALlZER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent- No. 664,928, dated January1, 1901.

Application filed September 22, 1909. Serial No. 30,812. (No model.) 7

and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Veneer- Package Equalizers,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to machines for equalizing and dividing veneercylinders.

The main objects of my invention are, first, to provide an improvedarrangement of supportingdrumand cutting device in machines of thisclass, and, second, to provide an improved form of collapsible drum.

The further objects of the dilferent parts with which I put my inventioninto practice will be understoodfrom the following descrip- .tion,withreference to the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Flgure 1 is a lSldBelevation of a machine constructed according to my invention, beingpartly broken away. Fig. 2 isavertical section on the line 2 2 ofFig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section of the collapsibledrum. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal vertical sec-' tion of the pulley,sprocket-wheel, shaft, and clutch shown at the lower left-hand part ofFig.1. Fig. 5' is a reduced perspective view of one of the veneercylinders for which my machine is designed. I

. In the device shown the collapsible drum 1 is supported by the hollowshaft 3, which is journaled in the oscillating arms 4 and 5. Said arms 4and 5 are rigid on the hollow shaft 6, which may be oscillated in theframe by means of ;the lever 7. Said lever is rigid on the shaft 6.1 Theshaftfi is journaled in the bearings 8, 9, and of the frame. Thesprocket-wheel 11 is mounted on the sleeve 12, which is loose on theshaft 6. The pulley 13 is also loose on the shaft 6 and is normally heldfree from the sleeve 12 by means of the spring 14,. A rod 15 extendsthrough the hollow shaft 6 has the nuts 16bea'ring against" the hub ofthe, pulley 1 3. The rod 15 has the lever 17 pivoted thereto at 18. Saidlever is fulcrumed to the frame at 19 and provided with a. step 20. Thepulley 13 is connected with suitable driving power bym'ean's of the belt21. I

The saws 22 are mounted Onthe shaft 23,

frame. A pulley 28 is rigid on the shaft/23 Said pulley and serves todrive the saws-22. 28 is connected with suitable driving power throughthe belt 29. the shaft 26 and is driven by means of. the

A pulley 30 is'tight on i belt 31, which is also connected with the driving power. v Y

The sprocket-wheel 11 is connected by the chain 32 to the'sproeketwhee'l33, which is rigid on the hollow shaft 3 and serves to rotatethecollapsible drum 1.

5 a The oscillating arms 4 and 5 are connected by means of the rods 34,having thereon the nuts 35. r The arm 5 oscillates between the arms 36,which are'rigidly secured to the upright 37 of the frame. .The arms 36are connected by a-crossfl piece 38, which has an aperture thereinpermitting the rod 39 to pass through the same and into an aperture intheoscillating arm 5.

'The rod 39 has a shoulder 40 to .actupon the spring 4l,which normallyurges the rod 39 into engagement with the arm 5. wheel 42 is secured tothe free end of said rod .39 and has a cam 43 acting against the v8o Therod 39 passes through It will be seen that when the cam 44. The cam 44is rigid on the member 45 ,of the frame. the cam 44; hand-wheel 42 isgiven a half-turn the cams 43 and 44 will coact to withdraw the rod 39from the oscillating arm 5. I of the rod 39 will permit the drum to beswung toward either side with its oscillating arms 4 Said withdrawal- Ahandand 5 andby. means of the lever 7. ,An ad- I justing-screw 46isthreaded into each arm 36 and has its inner end projecting towardtheoscillating arm 5. 46 serve to limit the oscillation of the arm5.

The hollow sh'aft'3 of the drum has'journaled therein the screw 47,having a righthandthread at 48 and a left-hand thread at195The-internally-threaded sleeves 50 are I Said sleeves are con- 49.seated on the screw 47. nected by meanspf the pins 51 with the ex- Theadjusting-screws ternal sleeves 52, which are slidingly mountf ed uponthe shaft 3. The pins 51 pass through the slots 53 in; the shaft 3; Thesegments 54' l of the drum are connected to the sleeves 52 by meansof'the'arms 5 5, which are pivoted to the segments at 56 and to thesleeves at 57. The guide-arms 58 are rigid n the shaft 3 andare groovedfor sli dingly receiving the arms 59, which are rigid on the segments54. The screw 47 is provided with shoulders 60 and 61 near the end ofthe shaft The shaft 3 has a screw 62 seated near said end and extendinginwardly between said shoulders 60 and 61. This serves to hold the screw47 in the proper position longitudinally of the shaft 3. Thecrank 63 isrigidly secured to the outer end of the screw 47. p

Veneer cylinders 65, th equalize-which my machine is particularlydesigned, have the edge of the veneering secured by means of a metalfastening-strip 64.

The operation of my device is as follows: The operator will first turnthe crank 63, so

as to draw the sleeves 52 toward each other and thus collapse thedrum 1. The veneercylinder is then placed upon the drum from the rightof Fig. 1. The operator will now turn the crank 63 oppositelynritil thedrum has expanded, so as. to bear against theinner walls'of the Veneercylinder. The operator will now turn the hand-wheel 42, so as to releasethe arm from the rod 39, and will depress the step 20, so as to causethe pulley 13 to engage with the sleeve 12, and thus rotate the drumthrough the action of the sprocketwhecls 11 and the step '20 isdepressed the rod will move toward theright of Fig. 1 and will carry thepulley 13 into a clutch engagement with the sleeve 12. The operator willnow move the lever 7 toward the rear of Fig. 1 or toward the right ofFig. 2. This will bring the veneer cylinder into contact with the mills25 and will cause said mills to cut throughthe metal fastening-strip 64upon the veneer cylinder-65. (Shown in Fig. 5.) The operator will thenmove the. lever 7 inthe opposite direction, and thus bring the veneercylinder into contact with the saws 22. In the form of drum shown thesegments 54 will be made of wood, so as to permit the saws 22 to cutslightly into said segments. It will be seen that the adjusting-screws46 may be set in proper position to permit the saws 22 to cut entirelythrough the walls of the veneer cylinder while making but a slight cutinto the segm'en ts 'of thedrum. v The rotation of the drum will causeeach cut into the cylinder to extend entirely around same. After saidcylinder has been suitably divided or equalized the operator will movethe lever 7 to the mid and means for rotatingsaid cutters and drum;

dle position and will then turn the handwheel i2, so as to permit therod 39 to again engage the oscillating arm 5. .He will now turn thecrank (33, so as to collapse the drum and permit the removal of theveneer packages or cylinders.

It will be understood that the details of construction of the deviceshown may be altered in numerous ways without departing It will be seenthat when What I claim as my invention, and desire 76 to secure byLettersPatent, is 1. A veneer-package equalizer comprising asupporting-frame; a pair of rotary wood journaled in said frame on theopposite side; a rotary collapsible drum journaled in the frame betweensaid saws-and mills and movable alternately toward each; and means forsaws journaled therein on one side of the frame; a pair of rotarymetal-cutting mills operating said saws, mills and drum; sub- 8ost'antially as described.

2. A-veneer-package equalizer comprising a supporting-frame; a'pair ofrotary woodsaws journaled therein on one side of the journaled in saidframe-on 'the opposite side; a rotarycollapsible drum journaled in theframe between said saws and mills and movable alternately toward each;means for lock:

;frame, a pair of rotary metal-cutting mills ing said drum in a positionbetween and'free' from said saws and mills; and means for operating saidsaws, mills and drum; substantially as described.

3. A veneer-package equalizer comprising asupporting-frame; a pair ofrotary wood-:

saws journaled therein on one side of the frame, a pair of rotarymetal-cutting mills journaled in said frame on the opposite side; arotary collapsible drum journaled in the frame between said sawsandmills and movroof able alternately toward each; means for lock ingsaid drum in a position between and free from said saws and mills;adjustable stops on said frame for limiting said movement of the drum;and means for operating said saws,

mills and drum; substantially as described.

4'. A veneer-package equalizer comprising a supporting-frame; a pairofrotary cutters jonrnaled thereon; arotary collapsible drum journaled onsaid frame-and movable toward and from said cutters ;-'said drumcomprising a hollow'slot-ted shaft, a pair ofinteriorlythreaded sleeveslongitudinally slidable with-- in said shaft and haying right and lefthand threads respectively-ya series of drum-segments, a series ofradiatarms pivotally connected tosaid sleeves and segments,radialguide-arms rigid on said ,shaft and slidahlyengaging guide-armsrigid on the segments,

' and a screw journaledin said shaft and having right and left'handthreads adapted to urge said sleeves toward and f rom each other; anouter connection for turning said screw;

substantially as described.

5. A veneer-package equalizer comprising a supporting-frame; a series ofrqtary woodsaws journaled therein toward the upper part of the frame onone side; a series of rotary metal-cutting mills journaled towardtheupper part of the frame on' the opposite side; a

rock-shaft journaled in the lower part of the drum; and means forrotating said saws, mills IO and drum; substantially as described.

Signed at Chicago, Illinois, this 18th day of September, 1900.

OLIVER COLBORNE.

WVitnesses:

WM. R. RUMMLER, A. DE KHOTINSKY.

